Cork-puller.



No. 847,124. PATBNTED MAR. 12, 1907. I G. SPARANO.

GOPIK FULLER. APPLI OATION FILED JUNE 9. 1906.

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CORK-FULLER.

Patented March 12, 1907.

No. 847,124. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 9. 1906. Serial No. 321.009.

and seating in longitudinallydisposed grooves 9, formed in the stem. By this construction the sleeve and stem are arrange for independent longitudinal movement, but State of Pennsylvania, have invented new prevented from independent rotary moveand useful Improvements in Cork-Pullers, of ment. The upper end of the sleeve is prowhich the following is a specification. j vided with an enlargement 10, peripherally The invention relates to an improvement roughened for service as a handhold, said in cork-pullers of the usual corkscrew type enlargement being formed on its inner wall comprehending, essentially, a hand implewith a notch 11, designed to receive a springment in the use of which a cork may be re catch 12, secured in the stem, the upper end of the catch projecting above the sleeve to provide for a manual operation thereof. The catch is seated within a recess 13, formed in the stem, and is so tensioned that in the proper position To all 'LU7l/0171/ it may concern.- I Be it known that I, GENNARO SPARANO, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Philal delphia, in the county of Philadelphia and l The main object of the present invention is the provision of means by which the cork is removed entirely from the bottle-neck and breaking or chipping of the cork wholly avoided.

The invention will be described in the fol lowing specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of the sleeve said catch will operate to secure the sleeve and stem together, the recess 13 being of a depth to permit the manual inward movement of the catch to release the sleeve when desired. The lower end of the sleeve is formed with diametrically-opposed openings 14, normally disposed to aline with the opening 4 in the stem. Said openings 14 are so disposed relative to the recess 4 and arms 5 that when the sleeve and stem are locked together through the medium of the catch 12 the lower walls of the openings will bear against the lower edges of the arms 5 and maintain the same within the plane of the stem against the tension of the spring 6. When the sleeve is released from the catch and moved downward on the stem, the openings 14 register with the opening 4 to permit the springs 6 to force the arms 5 to their downward limit of movementthat is, directly transverse the limit of the stem. In the latter position the arms 5 extend beyond the plane of the sleeve to provide projections to engage the lower surface of the cork. By

in elevation of my improved cork-puller. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the sleeve and portions of the stem in section. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the same, partly in elevation, the device being shown in operative position. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, my improved extractor comprises a stem 1 of appropriate size and length, provided at one end with an operating-handle 2 and at the opposite end with the usual spiral screw 3 to provide for the introduction of the device into a cork. Immediately adjacent the screw end of the stem the latter is formed with a diametrically-arranged opening 4, in which is pivotally secured a plurality of arms 5, the pivotal support of which is arranged adjacent the lower end of the recess. The arms 5 are preference the lower edge of the sleeve is adapted when in inoperative position to be rounded at 15 to provide for the ready introseated within the recess 4 wholly within the duction of the device into the cork.

plane of the stem, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, When ready for use, the parts are in posiand are normally sprlng-pressed in a direction away from the longitudinal center of the stem through the medium of leaf-springs 6,

arranged within the recess 4, and preferably j tion illustrated in Fig. 2, with the sleeves locked to the stem and the arms 5 disposed Wholly within the plane of the stem. In this position the extractor is introduced into the depending from the upper wall of said recess. cork by the usual corkscrew movement and A sleeve 7 is arranged to encircle the stem the operation of the handle 2. When the 1 and is adapted for longitudinal movement j screw 3 has been passed wholly through the thereon, being slidably connected to the 1 cork, the spring-catch 12 is released from en stem through the medium of diametricallygagement with the sleeve and the latter opposed pins 8, projecting from the sleeve moved downward to permit the automatic projection of the arms 5, it being understood that the implement has been passed through the cork a sufficient distance to permit said arms to normally rest below the surface of the cork, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. A pull exerted upon the handle 2 will, through the medium of the arms 5, withdraw the cork from the bottle in unbroken condition.

After introduction of the extractor into the bottle should it be discovered that the arms 5 are of too great a length for the width of the bottle-neck the sleeve 7 may be readily returned to locking position relative to the stem with the effect to again move the arms 5 to inoperative position, and the cork may be removed by the use of the corkscrew 3 in the usual manner or the im lement wholly removed from the cork and the latter we tracted in any other manner. This particular construction provides a means by which the device may be removed ing the cork, if such is desired-a material advantage over devices of a similar character and heretofore in use.

without effectl l I l r l l l l Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is i A cork-extractor comprising a stem, arms connected therewith, means for projecting said arms to arrange them transverse the stem, a sleeve mounted for longitudinal movement on the stem, said sleeve being formed with diametrically-opposed openings to receive and engage the arms, means for preventing independent rotation of the stem, and means for locking the sleeve against independent longitudinal movement relative to the stem, the walls of the openings in the sleeve serving to engage the arms in the longitudinal movement of the sleeve and force said arms within the plane of the sleeve and against the tension of the arm-projecting means.

In testimony whereof I afliX in presence of two witnesses.

GEN N ARO SPARANO.

my signature Witnesses ANTONIO HADoNNA. 

